Edward Webster

Edward Webster is Distinguished Research Professor at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS) and the past director of the Global Labour University (GLU) at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
In a recent research paper, Carmen Ludwig and Edward Webster examined the role of global unions to contest the use and abuse of digital technology through transnational activism in two African contexts. Action included work with Education International’s Global Response against the privatisation of education.
Challenging global tech giants: the critical role of Global labour